Culture and Music in Western Europe

Location

Multiple Countries

Program Summary

About the Culture and Music in Western Europe Summer Program

This program examines the culture and customs of Western European countries and involves traveling to Italy, Spain, France, and the United Kingdom. This 15-day European tour explores the range of activities, beliefs, behaviors, and ideas of groups of people with shared traditions including social customs, leisure activities, dress, celebrations, foods, and rituals.

Program Summary

About the Culture and Music in Western Europe Summer Program

This program examines the culture and customs of Western European countries and involves traveling to Italy, Spain, France, and the United Kingdom. This 15-day European tour explores the range of activities, beliefs, behaviors, and ideas of groups of people with shared traditions including social customs, leisure activities, dress, celebrations, foods, and rituals.

Program Highlights

The Brockport Best of Europe Program offers you the opportunity to:

•Travel to Barcelona, Spain; Florence, Italy; London, United Kingdom; Paris, France; and Rome, Italy
Understand how culture creates and transforms individual experiences, everyday community life, and social relations,
•Identify comparisons between US and European lifestyle focusing on attitudes, values, behaviors, celebrations, and rituals,
•Understand the historical events that shaped each unique culture,
•Learn about the Arts and architecture that are unique each Western European country,
•Promote cultural competence through interacting with individuals from different cultures,
•Enhance the ability to make an observation, analyze situations and form a perspective using critical thinking skills and document finding effectively.